Health
HHS, HUD Announce Eight States & DC Tapped for Housing and Services Partnership Accelerator
Accelerator Will Help Implement Innovative Housing-related Supports and Services for Medicaid Recipients
Housing Authority of Kansas City Healthy Living Community Featured by HUD Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Newsletter
This month, HUD's Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI) newsletter focused their spotlight on the Housing Authority of Kansas City's Sam Rodgers Place and discussed how HAKC and Kansas City successfully developed and implemented a comprehensive Choice Neighborhoods housing plan that responded to resident needs and culminated in a healthy living community that combined health and wellness with mixed-income housing.
From Health Affairs: Experimental Evidence Shows That Housing Vouchers Provided Measurable Benefits, Including Parent Stress Reduction
From Health Affairs:
Opportunity Home San Antonio Affiliate Secures Grant for Development Near South Texas Medical Center
From Opportunity Home San Antonio's press release:
The San Antonio Housing Facility Corporation, an Opportunity Home affiliate, was awarded a $50,000 grant from the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation, a fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation, to ensure completion of the Snowden Senior Apartments project by January 2025.
Denver Housing Authority converts office space into affordable housing for seniors, disabled individuals, and patients transitioning out of Denver Health Hospital
From The Denverite:
The Denver Housing Authority is looking into new ways to increase the city’s housing stock. Its new apartment complex takes advantage of one option that’s been on the minds of Denverites: office-space conversions.
DHA announced last week that they renovated a former medical office building at 655 Broadway, turning the space into an affordable apartment building.
$604,000 Grant Awarded to San Diego Housing Commission Achievement Academy to Create Healthcare Training Program for Youth
From the San Diego Housing Commission's press release:
With funding from a new grant announced this week, the San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC) will launch a program to create a pathway for careers in healthcare for youth ages 18 through 26 in the City of San Diego who receive federal rental assistance.
Houston Housing Authority Partners with Cardiac Solutions to Pioneer Life-Saving Initiative Installing AEDs in All Public Housing Complexes
From the Houston Housing Authority's press release:
Harvard JCHS Examines How Desegregation-Focused Housing Policies Help Reduce Health Disparities
Ohio Officials, Columbus MHA, 360º Management, and CVS Health Announce Opening of Supportive Housing Community for Human Trafficking Survivors
From the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority's press release: